Joe Lieberman: “The Senator from Arizona is quite right. He remembers the numbers exactly. It was a 90-to-8 vote--very strong bipartisan…”

“The Senator from Arizona is quite right. He remembers the numbers exactly. It was a 90-to-8 vote--very strong bipartisan support for this idea. That support ought not be frustrated. I have seen public opinion surveys that say it represents the desire and opinion, quite naturally, not just of the families of September 11 victims but of the American people. So while I join my friend from Arizona in expressing my gratitude that the White House has again today restarted negotiations to try to reach an agreement, I must say leaving this proposal for a commission out of this substitute that is now put in to create a Department of Homeland Security is inexplicable. I hope we can explain it by either putting it back in or coming to an agreement with the White House. It is that critical.”